Tortoise shell in Ternate - best thick & spotted 20R. a
catty. Ordinary large 15 R. a catty.
If an entire shell a head is less than 1/2 catty sold by head from
2 to 6 rupees. Bad thin & small will average ab[ou]t 5 R. a
catty.

Note. With two guns (80 & 20 bore) daily out use about a
pound of powder in 10 days.

Common starch good to clean feathers of birds - see end of
"Maunders Treasury",